Nervous Conditions, 1992

Practical Joke, 1992

2 dye diffusion color Polaroid prints26 x 43 inches (66 x 109.2 cm)

She, 1992

4 Polaroid prints, 1 engraved plastic plaque Overall: 29 x 85.25 inches (73.7 x 216.5 cm)"In works such as She (1992), the female form is beheaded by the word “Female,” which comes to replace a tangible subject identity with a hypercontextualized representation. This active deviance from portraiture’s claim that the face is the window to the soul is a defining element in Simpson’s work, which introduces gray into the black-and-white binaries of absence and presence, loss and possession, and the desired and the undesirable." -The Studio Museum in Harlem

Suit, 1992

3 dye diffusion color Polaroid pirnts, 1 engraved plastic plaque76 x 44.5 inches (193 x 113 cm)"Stretching across three panels, about six feet tall, in a business suit and short-cropped hair, it stands erect, a symbol of phallic power. This vertical axis of authority, however, is disturbed by a slight shift in the shoulders, the resting of hand on hip. Here is another classic pose: that of a black woman ready to give someone the business. As the plaque at right (the same side as the raised hand) states, she is: 'An average size woman in an average suit with illsuited thoughts.'" -Kellie Jones